2 Quotes & Sayings By Michael Chertoff
Michael Chertoff is the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and a former federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. His service as a federal prosecutor and as a federal judge has granted him extensive experience in law enforcement, national security, and immigration. Before being elected to the Senate in 1995, Mr
Chertoff served as New Jersey's Attorney General from 1994 to 1996, holding a variety of cabinet-level positions within the administration of Governor Christine Todd Whitman. In 2000, Mr. Chertoff was appointed by then-President Bill Clinton to serve as United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey after serving as Chief Counsel to the United States Senate Judiciary Committee and Chief Counsel on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (the "Church Committee").
He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate and sworn into office on December 19, 2000.